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Articles Posted on 30 January 2010

Government urged to open source

Government urged to open source

Cost cutting in the community

News Software

The government has been urged to reduce cost and risk by migrating its IT systems to open source as part of its £3.2 billion cost-cutting drive. Earlier this week, the government unveiled an ambitious new ICT strategy in a...


Apple To Kill The iPod Touch?

Apple To Kill The iPod Touch?

News Hardware

Apple doesn't want to say it loud but it seems that the iPad is the device that comes in between the iPod Touch and the iPhone rather than, in Steve Jobs' own words, one that fits between a smartphone and notebook. As expected,...


GlobalFoundries shakes up fab top ten

GlobalFoundries shakes up fab top ten

Mostly made in Taiwan

News Consumer

AMD fab spin-off GlobalFoundries Inc. has muscled its way into the top five foundries in a list just published by chip counters at IC Insights Inc. Taiwan's TSMC tops the list, with a big gap between it an second-placed UMC. IC...


Comment : Publishers Should Get Their Own Apple iPad

Comment : Publishers Should Get Their Own Apple iPad

News Mobile & Telco

Apple's iPad has been hailed as the saviour of the publishing industry by many but the Cupertino company is acting like a consultant that look at your watch, tell you the time and then charge you a fortune for that. The...


Orange, O2 Ordering Micro SIM For Apple iPad

Orange, O2 Ordering Micro SIM For Apple iPad

News Security

Gemalto, a well known Micro SIM card manufacturer, has apparently sold "hundreds" of cards to O2 and Orange possibly as the two start to test Apple's iPad on their networks. The tip was first revealed by Engadget. The iPad,...


Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 in 2011?

Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 in 2011?

News Software

A former Microsoft employee, Chris Green has leaked Microsoft’s roadmap for launching key software products over the period of 1 to 2 years, which include Windows 8 operating system, Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft Office...


Cisco Likely To Post Gains In It Second Quarter Results, Say Analysts

Cisco Likely To Post Gains In It Second Quarter Results, Say Analysts

News Hardware

Cisco Systems Inc., the US based networking and communications technology major, is expected to post a 3 percent increase in its quarterly sales figures as IT companies rush to upgrade their aging technology inhouse, signaling a...


GlobalFoundries splashes into fab top ten

GlobalFoundries splashes into fab top ten

It's the chip shop hit parade

News Hardware

AMD fab spin-off GlobalFoundries Inc. has muscled its way into the top five foundries in a list just published by chip counters at IC Insights Inc. The lising pre-dates GlobalFoundries acquisition of Chartered Semi towards the...


MSI To Roll Out Tegra based Tablet Device

MSI To Roll Out Tegra based Tablet Device

News Mobile & Telco

Digitimes blog has reported that Micro-Star International (MSI) is planning to roll-out its 10.1 inch tablet PC in the second half of 2010, priced at US $500, with the intention of competing with the mighty Apple Inc., which...


More Than 200 Sun Customers ‘Migrate’ To IBM

More Than 200 Sun Customers ‘Migrate’ To IBM

News Hardware

Big Blue has announced that in 2009, the company, with the help of its Migration Factory software, has successfully lured 200 former Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard customers, who have shifted their critical workloads to...

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